Venue : Method, Delhi. D Block, Basement, D-59, Block D, Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110024
Date: 29 March – 19 April 2026
Time: 12 PM to 7 PM | Everyday except Mondays
Description
Method Delhi presents Points of Cont(act), a solo exhibition by Sehaj Malik, curated by Sahil Arora. Conceived as a spatial system, the exhibition positions the body as both instrument and particle, an active agent that enters, tests, and reconfigures the architecture it inhabits.
At the centre of the exhibition is To the Cosmos and Back in 29 Steps, a site-specific, instruction-based durational work that functions as both score and diagram. The work was produced through a rigorously structured process: over consecutive days, Malik operated within the gallery as a factory worker, adhering to fixed shifts. Each day began at 8 am with the ringing of a bell, marking the start of labour; work continued until noon, paused for a lunch break, and resumed at 1 pm until the closing bell at 5 pm.
This imposed rhythm transforms drawing into industrialised time where repetition, discipline, and fatigue are not byproducts but essential conditions of making.
Within this system, Malik uses her own body as the primary unit of measurement. The lengths of her limbs determine the scale, reach, and curvature of each mark. Arcs emerge from the swing of an arm; lines extend from the limits of bodily extension; repetition is governed by breath and endurance. The body functions simultaneously as tool, metric, and machine, producing a language of marks that is both precise and unstable.
Working primarily in charcoal, Malik treats drawing not as representation but as residue. The resulting forms – circular, elliptical, and accumulative, register force, friction, and interference. The wall becomes a membrane; the floor a graph; the gallery a chamber through which the body moves like mass in motion.
Rooted in early experiences of her father’s factory, Malik’s practice navigates the porous boundary between organism and machine. Mechanical metaphors – valves, chambers, combustion cycles – intersect with organic processes such as breath, incubation, and fatigue. The body and machine collapse into one another, producing forms that are both systematic and instinctive.
Points of Cont(act) positions the gallery as a site of transmission. Contact points arise wherever body meets surface, gesture meets resistance, or system meets interruption. These are not fixed sites but shifting zones, continuously redefined through repetition and return. The “cosmos” invoked in the work is not distant, but immediate – generated through proximity, movement, and labour.
Rather than presenting drawing as a static outcome, Malik extends it into choreography, duration, and memory. What remains are fields of interference: evidence that space has been measured, pressed against, and momentarily transformed.
At 22, this exhibition marks a significant moment in Malik’s practice, and reflects Method’s ongoing commitment to supporting emerging artists by enabling ambitious, process-driven work. Points of Cont(act) underscores the importance of allowing young practices the space to experiment, take risks, and engage directly with architecture at scale, foregrounding inquiry and process as central to the exhibition itself.
Artist Bio
Sehaj Malik (b. 2001) is an artist based between Delhi and Paris, currently completing her Master’s at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Her practice explores flux, interconnectedness, and the relationship between organic and mechanical systems through instruction-based drawing and embodied processes.
Points of Cont(act) at Method Delhi is her debut solo exhibition. Her recent exhibitions include a site-specific installation at Asia Now Art Fair, Paris (2025); Trace, La mémoire d’un mot at Looloolook Gallery, Paris (2025); Fresh Produce 2.0 at Method Delhi (2025); and Autohistorias at Théâtre des Expositions, Paris (2024). Sehaj has also done studio mentorships and assistantships with established contemporary artists such as Wernher Bouwens, Emmanuel Huynh, James Riley and Diogo Pimentao.
